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Criminal Procedure Code (Transitional Provisions — Further Proceedings and Joint Trials) Regulations 2011 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation CPC-S160-2011 2010, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2010.
Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code (Transitional Provisions — Further Proceedings and Joint Trials) Regulations 2011 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 2nd January 2011.
General — further proceedings according to repealed Act
Where an accused has been charged for any offence before 2nd January 2011, any proceeding (which includes any pre-trial proceeding, trial, criminal motion, criminal appeal, criminal revision or criminal reference) in relation to that offence may be taken or continued, as the case may be, after that date and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects on or after that date as if the Act had not been enacted.
Further proceedings where additional charges preferred
Notwithstanding regulation 2 and any other provision in the Act, where —
an accused has been charged for any offence before 2nd January 2011 and the trial for that offence has not commenced before that date;
the accused is also charged for another offence on or after that date;
an application is made by the prosecution for the offences referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) to be tried together at one trial under section 133, 134, 135, 136 or 138 of the Act;
the accused does not object to the prosecution’s application under sub-paragraph (c); and
the court is satisfied that the accused understands the nature and consequences of his option when he opts in writing to have the Act apply in relation to the offence referred to in sub-paragraph (a),any proceeding (which includes any pre-trial proceeding, trial, criminal motion, criminal appeal, criminal revision or criminal reference) in relation to the offence referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be taken, and everything in relation thereto shall be done in all respects on or after 2nd January 2011 under the Act.
If the pre-trial proceedings apply in relation to an offence referred to in paragraph (1)(a), Part IX of the Act shall apply as if the accused to whom the pre-trial proceedings apply was first charged in court for the offence referred to in paragraph (1)(a) at the same time that he is charged for the offence referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
Joint trials
Notwithstanding regulation 2 and any other provision in the Act, where —
an accused (referred to in this paragraph as accused A) has been charged for any offence before 2nd January 2011 and the trial for that offence has not commenced before that date;
another accused (referred to in this paragraph as accused B) is charged for any offence on or after that date;
an application is made by the prosecution for both accused A and accused B to be jointly tried under section 143 or 144 of the Act;
accused A and accused B do not object to the prosecution’s application under sub-paragraph (c); and
the court is satisfied that the accused A understands the nature and consequences of his option when he opts in writing to have the Act apply in relation to the offence referred to in sub-paragraph (a),any proceeding (which includes any pre-trial proceeding, trial, criminal motion, criminal appeal, criminal revision or criminal reference) in relation to the offence referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be taken, and everything in relation thereto shall be done in all respects on or after 2nd January 2011 under the Act.
If the pre-trial proceedings apply in relation to an offence referred to in paragraph (1)(a), Part IX of the Act shall apply as if the accused A to whom the pre-trial proceedings apply was first charged in court for the offence referred to in paragraph (1)(a) at the same time that the other accused B is charged for the offence referred to in paragraph (1)(b).